American Business and Foreign Policy - Cases in Coffee and Cocoa Trade Regulation 1961-1974

Developing countries have for many decades waged a campaign for the global regulation of trade in primary products through international commodity agreements. Heavily dependent upon exports of primary products, developing countries hope to regulate the markets for their commodities to achieve higher prices. While there is a myriad of obstacles to agreements, the blame for slow progress is often laid at the feet of the industrial, commodity-consuming countries, particularly the US. This book, first published in 1987, is a comparative case study that closely analyses how American businesses behaved in relation to US government responses to developing countries' demands for commodity agreements for coffee and cocoa.

List of contents

1. The Economics of Coffee and Cocoa Trade 2. Primary Actors: Business and the State Department 3. American Business and the International Coffee Agreement 4. Business, Congress and the Coffee Agreement 5. United States and Brazil: American Business and the Soluble Coffee Dispute 6. American Business and the Cocoa Negotiations

About the author

Joseph Short

Summary

This book, first published in 1987, is a comparative case study that closely analyses how American businesses behaved in relation to US government responses to developing countries’ demands for commodity agreements for coffee and cocoa.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Short
• Assisted by: Joseph Short (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781138300637
• ISBN: 978-1-138-30063-7
• No. of pages: 346
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: International Trade Policy; Routledge Library Editions: International Trade Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Politics & government, International business, International Economics, Political Economy, Management & management techniques, Politics and government, Management and management techniques, Financial services industry, Hospitality and service industries, International Trade